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sara is building a cabinet and she needs the corners to form a right angle. the dimensions of the cabinet are 4 feet by 2 feet. What should the diagonal be in order to form a right angle?
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sara is building a cabinet and she needs the corners to form a right angle. the dimensions of the cabinet are 4 feet by 2 feet. What should the diagonal be in order to form a right angle?

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use the pythagoras theorem:-

diagonal = sqrt(2^2 + 4^2) = sqrt 20 = 4.47 feet to nearest hundredth.
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